Vegetable-slicer.



E. L. WALKER. VEGETABLE SLICER. APPLICATION FILED MAY l9| l9l5- PatentedDec. 14, 1915.

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EDWIN L. WALKER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

VEGETABLE-SLIOER.

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Application filed. May 19, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN L. WALKER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the countyof Denverand State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Vegetable-Slicers; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to slicers for domestic use, and chiefly forcutting up cabbages; and it consists in the novel construction andcombination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front end view of a vegetable slicerconstructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of theslicer. Fig. 3 is a cross-section, taken on the line ww in Fig. 2.

This slicer is specially adapted to be clamped to the top of a kitchentable which forms a stationary guide board 2 for the cabbags or otherarticle to be sliced. A. frame is provided and consists of two similarend plates 3 having a crossbar 4 which extends between their lowerparts. Each end plate 3 has a rectangular notch or slot 5 which isslipped over the edge of the guide board 2. The crossbar 4 of the framehas a reinforcing plate 20 and a nut 6 secured to its rear and middlepart, and 7 is a clamping screw which engages with the nut and with theunderside of the guide board or table, and which clamps the framesecurely in place.

A cutting blade 8 is arranged between the end plates of the frame, andhas upwardly projecting flanges 9 at its ends. The front end of theblade has a rounded edge or bead 10, and its rear end has a cutting edge12. The front end portion of the blade rests on lugs 14 which projectlaterally from the end Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14:, 1915..

Serial No. 29,104.

plates of the frame, and the rear portions of the flanges 9 havethumbscrews or bolts 16 which project through slots 17 in the sideplates of the frame. The thumbscrews 16 have thumbnuts 18 for clampingthe blade to the frame with its cutting edge at a prearranged distanceabove the guide board. The slots 17 are vertical and they enable theblade to be adjusted so as to cut slices of different thickness. Therear portions of the end plates, in. rear of the cutting edge also formguides for the article to be sliced.

The cabbage or other article is slid back and forth by hand on the guideboard between the end plates of the frame, and is pressed against thecutting edge of the blade to form the slices. The slices slide betweenthe blade and the guide board, and are received in any suitablereceptacle.

What I claim is:

1. In a slicer, a frame provided with end plates having slots in theirrear edges adapted to slip over one edge of a table top, means forsecuring the frame to the table top, and a cutting blade supportedbetween the front portions of the end plates with its cutting edgeprojecting rearwardly over the said notches.

2. In a slicer, a frame provided with end plates having slots in theirrear edges adapted to slip over one edge of a table top, lugs projectingfrom the front parts of the end plates, means for securing the frame tothe table top, a blade having its front part supported pivotally on thesaid lugs with its cutting edge projecting rearwardly over the saidslots and having flanges which bear against the end plates of the frame,and means for securing the said flanges to the end plates in differentpositions.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

EDI/VIN L. \VALKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

